TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1050 Nittany 4-Milers Second To Penn The Penn State track team’s dreams of dominating the Penn Relays failed to materialize as the Lions were unable to pick up a single victory in Saturday’s competition. The Lions took a step in that direction Friday with two Wins and a third place finish. But on Saturday the thinclads of Coach Chick Werner had to be satisfied with two second and two third place finishes. In the process, the Staters de fended one title and lost another. Captain Gehrdes picked up his second successive win in the hur dles but the four mile relay team was runner-up to Penn. The de feat put an end to the Nittany team’s three year monoply of the four mile test. Win Quarter-Mile The only other win came in the quarter-mile relay in which Gehrdes teamed with Bill Lock hart, Guy Kay and Wil Lan caster to cover the distance in 41.3, only two-tenths of a second off the record. The same quartet captured third in the half-mile relay, won by NYU. The State team finished in 1:27.5, two-tenths of a second behind the Violets In Saturday’s, competition the Lion’s ace sprinter, Lancaster, placed second to Penn’s Ben Kreitzberg in the 100-yard dash. Lane’s time of 10.1 was far be low his usual form but could be attributed to the heavy track. Earlier in the afternoon, Wil top ped the Penn runner in a 10 seer ond flat heat. Frills Disappoints Vic Fritts, coach Werner’s stel lar high jumper, was also off his oats in his specialty. Vic cleared only 6 feet 2 inches after having Hoyas Tag AI Tkac for First Loss in 4-2 Baseball Victory . Georgetown came back to avenge the previous day’s defeat as it defeated >the Lion nine, 4-2, in Washington, D.C., Saturday. Al Tkac went all the way for the Nittanies and was charged, with his first loss of the season, The -Lions were leading 1-0 when the lid blew off in .the fourth. Bill Hopper was charged with ail error in center field on a high fly that- put men on second and third with none 'out. The next man, Krontonta, hit to Owen Dougherty in right. Dougherty misplayed the .ball into a triple and two runs crossed. State’s lone earned run came in the first, when Dougherty doubled to send Captain Dick Wertz across the plate. The Hoyas added two more in surance runs in the fifth, and State scored an unearned run in the seventh. State Ab R H Georgetown Ab R H Albright, If ,B 0 0 Zanger, 2b 4 1 1 Tocci, 2b 4 0 1 Surman, cf 4 2 2 Tonery, sfl 4 0 0 Hardiman, lb 3 1 1 Hopper, cf 3 0 1 Kortonta, as 4 0 1 Wertz, cf 3 1 2 Alagia, rf 4 0 9 Kurty, c 3 0 1 Hughes, If 3 0 0 Dought'y, rf 4 0 1 Falvey, 3b 3 0 0 Little, 3 b 3 0 1 Moskal, c 8 0 0 Tkac,,.p 3 11 Mattingly, p 2 0 1 Totals 32 2 8 Totals 30 4 6 Score by innings Penn State 010 000 100—2 000 220 OOx—4 Georgetown AZ, Belas, DU Set V-Ball Pace Alpha Zeta-B, Beta Theta Pi-B, and Delta Upsilon-B held on to top positions in Leagues 15, 14 and 13 with wins in the frater nity volleyball circuit this week. Alpha Zeta-B beat Theta Xi- B, Beta Theta Pi-B rapped Acacia-B, and DU-B downed ATO-B. Sigma Alpha Mu eked out a close win over SAE and Pi Lambda Phi-B beat Phi Kap pa Sigma-B. Tau Kappa Epsilon-B tied Lambda Chi Alpha-B for the "lead in-League 12 as they drub bed Alpha Phi Delta-B. Sigma Nu-B downed AGR-B, Phi Kap pa Psi-B bounced Pi Kappa Phi, and Chi Phi-B outspiked KDR- B> Phi Kappa-B took undisputed possession of League 17 by whip ping Phi Delta Theta-B, while Phi Kappa Psi-A won . the Lea gue 8 crown by outtipping Beta Sigma Rho. In the playoffs of the independent loop, Dorm 29 en tered the semi-finals by beating Dorm 28; 15-8, 12-15,; 15-12, - THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA done 6' 8” in a practice earlier this season. However, there was one silver cloud on the horizon during the weekend. That was the terrific mile turned in by Big Bill Ashen felter in the Boardwalk Mile at Atlantic City, Sunday. Bill ran the eight furlongs in 4 minutes 11 seconds, topping anything he had done previously. It was 3.6 seconds better than the winning time at the Penn Relays. But it was only good enough to gain fourth place. Fred Wilt set a new outdoor, American rec ord for the mile with a 4:05.5 performance. Horace Ashenfelter was second. Attention Wrestlers! Attention Wrestlers 1 Wrestling, practice, will be held every Tuesday and Thurs day afternoons at Rec Hall. Ail varsity and jayyee men are urged to attend. IM Soccer, Golf .Play in the intramural soccer and golf leagues start today with 39 fraternities entered in the golf tournament, and 43 in the soccer. Teams in the soccer tournament will be notified by phone of the date and time of games. First round play in golf is to be com pleted by Friday. 3 Doubles Teams Qualify in H-fiall Three fraternities qualified handball doubles teams for the quarter-finals in the fraternity section of the intramural handball doubles tournament. Steve Meisel and Moe Levine, Alpha Epsilon Pi, moved into the quarter finals by virtue of easy victories over Ted Kowal and Paul Lapcevic, Sigma Phi Sigma, 21-9, 21-7. Phi Delta Theta’s John Hager mah and Bill Luther entered the quarter finals, by edging George Freeman and Bob Patnovich, Phi Kappa Tau, 21-10, 9-21, 21-14. Harry Kauffman and Bernie Guterman, Phi Epsilon Pi, won by forfeit from Fred Levin and Kurt Herman, Phi Sigma Delta, en abling them to qualify for the quarter-finals. Horace Ashenfelter’s younger brothers, Don and Bill, of College ville, Pa., are Penn State’s top distance runners this Spring. Relieved of his temporary job as supervisor of Penn Slate's Spring football man* euvers. Earl Bruce has return ed 'to California State Teach ers College until Fall when he will return to the Nittany val ley as freshmen grid coach. Rip Tosses Winged-T Grid Party Spring football drills were re newed yesterday afternoon with Len Shephard, Vince O’Bara, Tom Strucher, and Bill Patterson work ing out in the quarterback posi tion in Rip Engle’s winged-T. The drills are expected to last for two weeks, with Engle and his four assistants concentrating on getting the squad acquainted with the T. Engle’s biggest task lies in the selection of a man to fill the vital quarterback role. In charge of the quarterbacks is Frank Patrick, who played that position for the professional Chi cago Cardinals about 12 years ago. Shephard, the 210-pound full back who subbed for Fran Rogel this past season, and O’Bara, a single-wing tailback, are the lead ing candidates for the ball-hand ling assignment. Shephard has been recommended for the job by Earl Bruce, who was in charge of Spring drills, and the, four assist ants, Frank Patrick, Jim O’Hora, Al Michaels,' and Sever Toretti. Engle watched Shephard pass and handle the ball from the full back position in the single wing against Duquesne April 22 and agreed that the big fullback pos sesses the ball-handling and pass ing possibilities. Five O'clock Theater “Double Exposure,” a script by Mary Morris, will be presented by the Five O’Clock Theatre group this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Little .Theatre in the basement of Old Main. The play is concerned with the troubles of a young girl in growing up and the sudden ex posure of. her family to the measles. The show was directed by Rita D. Lang. -A1 Tkac, , 180-pound McKees port, Pa., right-hander, is the No. 1 man on the 1950 Penn State pitching staff. Stickmen Win First Tilt It’s like the calm before the storm. Penn State’s lacrosse men, having overwhelmed West ern Maryland Saturday, 17-4, for their first victory, are back hard at work today priming for what will probably be their toughest game of the season at Syracuse next Saturday. Syracuse, last year’s upstate New York champion with 14 wins nd 1 loss, has 20 sea soned lettermen back this year. State has four. This year, Orange has won six and lost one, a 13-7 decision to Vir giia. State has won one and ’ost three. • Coach Nick Thiel’s Lions snapped a three ■game l|osing streak Satur day, downing winless Western Maryl and, as Thiel cleaned Nick Thiel cleaned the bench in an effort to hold down the score The win-hungry Lion's climax ed a 17 goal attack with a 6 goal Golfers Win Two Mcaches Penn State’s golf team won its second match in three days as it defeated Westminster 6-1 yester day. The Orangemen of Syracuse were also defeated 4-3 last. Sat urday on the Nittany course. Captain Tom Smith, Ted Rob ertson, and Ray Artz posted low scores for the Nittany victors. Pete Kalandiak, competing in his first match, also came in a winner for the Lions. May 14 is Mother's Day REMEMBER HER BY WIRING FLOWERS FAST DELIVERY . . . INEXPENSIVE! first period—enough to win the game. Co-captain Bob Louis opened the scoring gates after only 37 seconds had elapsed and from then on the outcome was never in doubt. The Nittanies scored twice in the second period, five times in the third stanza and four times in the final period. Western Maryland scored once in each period. Once again it was Louis who led the Lion scorers. The big mid fielder counted three goals while Jim Fulton and Jack Wilcox each scored twice. State may be without the ser vices of veteran defenseman John Hagerman against Syra cuse. Big John aggravated an injured leg Saturday and had to retire in the first period. SALLY’S BTH WINNER! W. S. JACKSON, State College post office, gets special delivery of a new 1950 Motorola “New Horizon” radio from Sally’s. You can do the same— ■ SAVE THE LABEL! EASY TO ORDER... a warm,. personal gift for mother Bill McMullin 135 So. Allen St. PAGE THREE Florist
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